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lien bend foot upward again mak
ing the toes aid 15 times.
Turn feet inward toward eafch
other as far as possible 25 times.
Place 25 marbles on the floor, then
pick them up with right foot and
then with left foot, and put them in
a dish.
In walking the feet should be par
allel, the arch drawn up as high as
possible. The weight of the body
should be carried on the heel, the
outer border, and the ball of the foot
Shoes should be round-toed, have
the inner border straight, have one
inch heels, flexible' soles and well
fitted arclt-, .
VASHBOARD ERECTED BESIDE
BLACKBOARD IN SCHOOL
MR.3. ST
FRNK
"My sister she works in a laundry,
My father he fiddles for tin,
My mother she ta-akes in washingi
"Oh, my! how the money rolls in!,,,
"Fiddling for tin" has no social
class as a job, but working in a laun
dry is now considered a -real high
toned business.
They are teaching washing in high
schools.
Mrs. Elsie Page, laundress-in-chief
in LucyJlower Technical 'school, is
the mother, so to speak, of the high
school laundry.
She placed the washboard beside
the blackboard in a big basement
room in the Lucy Flower school four
years ago and organized a class of
girls in laundering. Last June a doz
en girls were graduated from the
laundry class.
"The happiness of the family is
closely bound to the wash tub," says
Mrs. Page. "This is especially true
of families who cannot afford to send
the family wash out. Mothers wear
themselves out at the tub; their chil
dren are neglected, and as a result
we have delinquent children and
poor washings.
"In our laundry classes we teach
girls to wash without waste ol
strength and time ; how to handle dif
ferent fabrics; test, soap and take
stains out of clothes. We teach them
to use the simplest equipment, be
cause most of these girls will use the
old-fashioned board and tub in their
homes." ,
So much interest has been shown
in sweet girl graduate laundresses
that plans are under way to intro
duce the washboard in other high
schools.
' LOST
The late Gilman Marston of New
Hampshire was arguing a compli
cated case and looked up authorities
back to Julius Caesar. At the end of
an hour and a half, in the most in
tricate part of his plea, he was pained
to see what looked like inattention.
It was as he feared; The judge was
unable to appreciate the nice points
of his argument
"Your honor," he said. "I beg your
pardon, but do you follow me?"
"I .have so far," answered the,
judge, shifting wearily about in his
chair, "but I'll say frankly that if lz
thought I could find my way back T
would quit right here. Christian
Register, '
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